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Month: August 2023

‘Rust’ movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed pleads not guilty, trial set for December 6

By Taylor Romine and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — “Rust” film armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence in relation to the fatal shooting of the movie’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, court documents filed Wednesday and obtained by CNN show. Gutierrez Reed was charged with tampering with evidence in

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White supremacist accused of threatening jury and witnesses in trial of Pittsburgh synagogue gunman

WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — A self-proclaimed white supremacist has been arrested on charges that he made online threats toward the jury and witnesses at the trial of a man who killed 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue. The Justice Department says Hardy Carroll Lloyd of Follansbee, West Virginia, is accused of sending threatening social media

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Flash drought, invasive grasses, winds, hurricane and climate change fuel Maui’s devastating fires

By CLAIRE RUSH, SETH BORENSTEIN and JENNIFER MCDERMOTT Associated Press A dangerous mix of conditions appear to have combined to make the wildfires blazing a path of destruction in Hawaii particularly damaging, including flash drought, high winds, low humidity and dry vegetation. Experts say climate change is increasing the likelihood of more extreme weather events

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Fund sued over grant program for Black women enlists prominent civil rights attorneys to fight back

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Attorneys for an Atlanta-based venture capital firm being sued over a grant program investing in Black women have vowed to fight back against the lawsuit calling it misguided and frivolous. At a New York news conference the attorneys also announced prominent civil rights lawyers, including Ben Crump, would join

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Killing of O’Shae Sibley, who was fatally stabbed while dancing at a Brooklyn gas station, will be prosecuted as a hate crime, prosecutor says

By Samantha Beech, CNN (CNN) — A 17-year-old has been indicted on a charge of second-degree murder as a hate crime over the killing of O’Shae Sibley, a 28-year-old professional dancer who was stabbed to death at a Brooklyn gas station after dancing to a Beyoncé song. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez did not name

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